No. 7 Men's Ice Hockey Skates To 1-1 Tie With Holy Cross

Dec 11, 2009

WORCESTER,
Mass. - The No. 7 Quinnipiac University men's ice hockey team
played to a 1-1 tie with Holy Cross in a non-conference match-up
played at the Hart Center in Worcester, Mass. Quinnipiac goes to
12-3-1 overall while Holy Cross goes to 4-9-4.

"I thought
we played well in the first two periods - we held them to 12
shots," head coach Rand Pecknold said. "I don't think we played
well in the third. We needed to make some plays tonight and no one
did."

Quinnipiac
senior Greg Holt (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) put the Bobcats out to an early
lead with his fourth goal of the season with eight minutes to play
in the first period. Holt stopped an Holy Cross break-out in the
neutral zone and took off down ice, leaving him one-on-one with
Crusaders' goalie Thomas Tysowsky. Holt, skating down the right
side of the ice, moved over to the slot, faked left and then went
to his backhand to beat Tysowsky and give the Bobcats a 1-0
lead.

Holy Cross
tied the game 3:12 into the second period on Everett Sheen's eighth
goal of the season. The Crusaders' Jamie Jelinek handled the puck
in the slot to Quinnipiac goalie Dan Clarke's (Belleville, Ont.)
right before sending a pass across the crease to Sheen, who was
waiting on the far post. Sheen one-timed a shot past Clarke to tie
the game at 1-1. Both teams played to a tie heading into the second
intermission.

Both teams
played through the final period and overtime period without a goal.
Quinnipiac outshot Holy Cross, 24-15 as Clarke finished with 14
saves for the day.

Quinnipiac
returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 12 when it hosts non-conference
foe American International College at 4 p.m. at the TD Bank Sports
Center in Hamden, Conn. Following the game, Quinnipiac will host a
"Skate With The Bobcats" event. All children in attendance are
invited to hit the ice with the Quinnipiac men's ice hockey
team.